SURREY V GLOUCESTERSHIRE - Royal London One-Day Cup
- 27 July 2016
Surrey 323-8 (50 Overs). Gloucestershire 158 (33.2 Overs). Surrey won
by 165 runs.Gareth Batty led from the front
with a superb 5 for 41 as Surrey thrashed Gloucestershire by 165 runs
at the Kia Oval to avenge the defeat they suffered at the hands of the
West Countrymen in last September's Royal London One-Day Cup final.
Surrey captain Batty ran through the middle and
lower order with his off breaks as Gloucestershire slid to 158 all out
in reply to his side's challenging 50-over total of 323 for 8. The win
lifts Surrey into third place in the South Group in this year's
competition.
Batty and Jade Dernbach, who took 3 for 33, followed
up half-centuries from Steven Davies, Rory Burns and Sam Curran in
what was a thoroughly dominant Surrey team performance.
Davies made 79 and Burns 50, but the icing on the
cake in Surrey's innings was an 89-run stand between brothers Sam and
Tom Curran. Sam Curran hit a List A career-best 57 from 56 balls,
while Tom Curran was eventually run out off a wide for 39.
In reply, Gloucestershire never recovered from the
early loss of Michael Klinger, Phil Mustard and Chris Dent to the pace
bowling of Dernbach, who polished off the trio in the space of 11
balls. Only Hamish Marshall (55) offered any resistance as the
defending champions were bowled out in just 33.2 overs.
Jason Roy reacted to Surrey's decision to bat first
by racing to 17 off nine balls, with four boundaries. But the visitors
countered by having Aaron Finch lbw playing back to Matt Taylor and
Roy edging Liam Norwell behind for 34 - low and to the right of keeper
Mustard, who was making his debut for Gloucestershire on loan from
Durham.
Davies lifted both Craig Miles and Benny Howell over
midwicket for sixes on his way to a 47-ball half-century and added 77
in 12 overs with Dominic Sibley. But Howell struck when the latter,
shaping to cut, chopped the ball on to his stumps for 27.
Left-hander Davies holed out to deep midwicket for
79 off Norwell, though not before Mustard had dropped a routine chance
off the same bowler when he was on 75. Two overs later, Norwell added
a third wicket to his tally when Ben Foakes was bowled through the
gate.
Burns was caught behind shortly after completing a
49-ball fifty. But with the Curran brothers batting attractively and
aggressively in their 13-over seventh wicket stand, Surrey looked well
placed at the halfway stage.
The Currans matched each other run for run,
initially, but then Sam Curran took charge - pulling Taylor out of the
ground for six and launching Tom Smith over long-off for another
maximum.
The 18-year-old eventually skied a pull to the
wicketkeeper, though not before reaching his maiden one-day
half-century, which came off 48 deliveries.
Gloucestershire's assault on a victory target of 324
could not have got off a worse start with Dernbach bowling both
Klinger, who was undone by a cleverly disguised slower delivery, and
Mustard, playing a loose drive, first ball.
Two overs later, Dent responded by cutting Dernbach
violently for four before getting a leading edge to cover point to
make it 24 for three.
Marshall's lone hand included a cut over third man
for six off Stuart Meaker and a ramp shot off Tom Curran, which sailed
over fine leg for another maximum.
Ian Cockbain, dancing down the wicket, edged Batty
low to backward point and Graeme van Buuren was caught at short fine
leg, though not before Marshall had moved to a 46-ball fifty.
Howell was caught behind off a lifting ball from
paceman Meaker, and when Marshall departed two overs later, caught
behind off the same bowler for 55, it was all over bar the shouting.
Surrey fast bowler Jade Dernbach said: "It was
obviously key for us to start well. We put a great score on the board
and the boys batted beautifully. So it was really important we backed
that up as a bowling unit. In certain line-ups you look down the list
and you identify people who are important. Michael Klinger is massive
for them and to get him out early was great for us.
"Sam Curran continues to show what a great head he
has on his young shoulders. He and Tom really bounce off each other.
They're so close and the way they batted together, forging a
partnership to really push us on, was with such ease and such
maturity.
"I've been saying for a while now that Gareth Batty
is the best spinner in the business. He keeps performing in all
formats, both white ball and red ball, and I'm really glad he got his
just desserts today. Hopefully we can take this momentum through to
qualifying for the quarter-finals."
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